|Scientific Name:||Eptatretus lakeside|
|Species Authority:||Mincarone & McCosker, 2004|
|Red List Category & Criteria:||Data Deficient ver 3.1|
|Reviewer(s):||Polidoro, B., Knapp, L. & Carpenter, K.E.|
This species is known only from a single specimen recorded in the Galapagos Islands. More research is needed to determine this species' distribution, population, habitat, ecology and any major threats. It is listed as Data Deficient.
|Range Description:||This species is known only from the type locality off Cabo Douglas, NW Fernandina Island, Galápagos Archipelago (Mincarone and McCosker 2004).|
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:||
Pacific – southeast
|Lower depth limit (metres):||762|
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|Population:||This species is only known from the holotype, but is likely endemic to Galápagos Archipelago.|
|Current Population Trend:||Unknown|
|Habitat and Ecology:||The only known specimen was collected from Cabo Douglas which is located along the NW corner of Fernandina Island and drops steeply into deep water (more than 1,000 m depth at a distance less that 2 km from shore). The bottom is nearly flat with a slight downward slope (<10°) and covered with fine gray sediment and occasional lava boulders (~0.5 m in diameter) in the vicinity of other large lava reefs. The temperature at depth (762 m) was 8°C and there was a current of ~0.3 knots at the moment of capture of the specimen (Mincarone and McCosker 2004).
The size of 27.5 cm total length (TL) is that of an immature female.
|Major Threat(s):||There are no known direct threats to this species.|
|Conservation Actions:||This species is found within the Galápagos Marine Reserve so it is potentially safeguarded through enforcement activities. More research is needed on the species' distribution, biology, population size, distribution and potential major threats.|
|Citation:||Mincarone, M.M. 2013. Eptatretus lakeside. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T196028A8995158. . Downloaded on 25 May 2016.|
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